Microsoft, Sprint Enter "Holistic Relationship"

Strategic alliances seem to be all the rage these days. Yahoo and Vodafone (a telecommunications company that owns a big chunk of Verizon) formed one earlier this week, and now Microsoft has reached a similar agreement with Sprint. The companies plan to "drive new services" together, the first of which will be Windows Live search for mobile phones.

StartupSquad article states that "having the Windows Live search application pre-installed on Sprint phones does give Microsoft an advantage." The Redmond-based company may want to hold off on the celebrations, though, because "user acceptance will be highly dependent on the results provided by Windows Live search." Susan Nelson, Sprint's vice president of strategic alliances, described what else might come as a result of Microsoft's and Sprint's relationship. "Besides mobile search for the consumer, our business customers are benefiting significantly from the ease and enhanced functionality of Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as robust managed security solutions based on Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: Doug is a staff writer for Murdok for the latest eBusiness news.